Retainer



April 36 3935, J. REUTE ET AL 11,999,575

RETAINER Filed March 14, 1954 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 30, 1935 PATENT OFFICE RETAINER I Joseph Renter, Brooklymand Josephfiothen Q bucher, Astoria,

Application March 14, 1934, Serial No. 715,568

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture adapted for use as a retainer for various purposes, and it is the object of the invention to provide an improved readily detachable 5 retainer adapted for use in the supporting of curtain rods, the retaining of curtains in draped condition, and in the hanging of framed pictures or other articles from walls, and issusceptible to other various uses.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this application, Figure I is a front elevation of our improved retainer.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially centrally through Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevational view showing the retainer used as a curtain rod support.

Figure 4 is an elevational View showing the retainer used as a hanger for a framed picture; and

Figure 5 is a plan view of a blank from which the retainer is formed.

In carrying out the invention a blank is cut from a sheet metal plate, as by punch and die mechanism, said blank embodying a body portion 5, shown as of circular form, although it may be of any desired shape, and having projections extended oppositely therefrom of less width than the body portion. One of said projections is arranged with portions 6, l of two different widths, the one portion 6 of greatest width extending from the juncture of the projection with the body to intermediate the end of the projection with the offset edges at the juncture of the two portions preferably inclining toward the portion of less or reduced width and forming a shoulder, as at 8. The portion 6 of greatest width is offset relative to a face of the body; that is, it is bent laterally from the face of the body to incline toward the juncture thereof with the portion of reduced width, as shown in Figure 2. The portion of reduced Width extends from the offset portion substantially in the plane or parallelly of the face of the body portion.

A spike 9 is arranged centrally of the body portion toextend therefrom opposite to the offset projecting portion 6, to detachably mount the retainer in the manner of a push pin, the spike being secured at the end to the body portion in a suitable manner, and as shown, a reduced end portion is engaged in a perforation in the body with the shoulder formed by the reduced portion abutting one face of the body, and the end peened over at the opposite face of the bod Tie retainer so arranged is adapted for use (Cl. IO-145.1)

as a curtain rod support, as shown in Figure 3, the reduced projecting portion "i being engaged in the usual opposite perforations in the rod and the rod resting upon the shoulder 8. In this arrangement of the retainer, it may also be used for the retaining of curtains in draped condition by engaging the folded portions in the draping of the curtain under the projections l, the retainer being mounted in the frame of a window by engaging the spike therein.

To adapt the retainer for use to hang framed pictures and the like as from a wall, the body has the projection in extended laterally therefrom diametrically opposite to the projections 6, i, said projection I!) being arranged to hook form for the engagement of the picture frame hanging or suspending cord or wire, as shown in Figure 4, by bending said projection at or adjacent the juncture thereof with the body portion 5 to extend in spaced and parallel relation to the face of the body portion toward which the projecting portion 6 is offset, as clearly shown in Figure 2. To facilitate the engaging of the picture frame hanging or suspending cord or wire over said hook portion, the extremity is flared laterally in a direction away from the body portion 5.

To prevent movement of the retainer on an axis about the spike 9 when the spike is engaged, in a support, and also serve as an auxiliary attaching means and support for the retainer, the retainer is provided with V-shaped prongs at opposite sides of the body at or adjacent the juncture of the projections 5, B with the body. The prongs extend from and are bent laterally of the body in the direction of the spike, as shown in Figure 2,

and adapted to be pushed into the support in which the spike is engaged.

It will be obvious that the retainer is susceptible to various other uses than those hereinbefore set forth. For instance, it may be used in the manner of a thumb tack for the securing of a sheet or sheets to aplane surface, such as a wall or board.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a combined picture suspending and curtain rod supporting device consisting of a sheet metal member having a body portion with projections extended oppositely therefrom, one of said projections being arranged to hook form and. adapted to extend downward from the body portion for the engagement of a picture frame suspending cord and the other portion adapted to extend upward for the engagement and supporting of a curtain rod, and said body having prongs extended from and bent laterally of a marginal portion of the body at opposite sides of a projection, and a spike centrally of the body portion, said spike and prongs being adapted to be engaged in a support on which the device is to be mounted and the prongs holding the device against rotation on its support about the axis of the spike.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a combined picture suspending and curtain rod supporting device of sheet metal consisting of a circular body portion with projections extended oppositely therefrom, one of said projections having two widths with the portion of greatest width extending from the juncture of the projection with the body to intermediate the ends of the projection and ofiset laterally relative to a face of the body, with the portion of least width extending substantially parallelly to the face of the body, and the other projection bent upon itself to hook form in a direction toward the face of the body to which the first projection is offset and said body having prongs extended from and bent rearwardly of a marginal portion of the body at the opposite sides of a projection, and a spike secured centrally in the body portion, said spike and prongs being adapted to be engaged in a support on which the device is to be mounted and the prongs holding the device against rotation on said support about the axis of the spike.

JOSEPH REUTER. JOSEPH ROTHENBUCHER. 

